Clothes-line pulley.



W. HANCX.

CLOTHES LINE PULLEY.

MPLIGATION FILED JULY 19,1912.

Ptellted Jan. 21, 193.

WILLIAM HANCOX, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

'oLoTHEs-mnn PULLEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Application filed July 19, 1912. Serial No. 710,432.

To au 'whom t may concern l Be it known that l, VVILL'IAM HANCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the count-y of Hudson and State of' New Jersey, have invented new and useful.

Improvementsl in Clothes-Line Pulleys, of which the following is a' specification.

This invention relates to clothes line pnl-- leys, the object in View being to provide a simple and practical pulley of the class described, which `will exclude dirt, dust, and other foreign matter, and which will also swivel or turn to any desired angle, in order to accommodate the clothes line passing around the same. y A

A further object of the invention is to provide a mounting or holding bar for said pulley, so combined with the housing of the pulley as to reli ve the pulley asa Whole of lany unusual str in.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists .in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will he hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a pers ective AView of .the complete'pulley, embodying the present invention. Fig. '2 is a sectional View through the pulley takenv atright angles to the shaft. Fig. 3 is a cross sect-ion through `the pulley taken in line with the holding bar. Fig. 4 is a cross section taken at right angles to Fig. 2, showing the hinge connection of one side of thehousing. Fig. 5 is a detail section through the swivel joint.

The pulley contemplated in this invention embodies a housing, consisting 'of oppositely arranged side plates 1 and 2, between which is an annular rim 3 which is carried by the plate 2, being permanently secured thereto or formed as an integral part thereof, as may be preferred.

The rim 3 is provided at suitable points With slots or openings 4 and 5 to receive the incoming and outgoing runs of the line 6, said line passing around an interiorly arranged pulley Wheel 7 having a grooved periphery, as shown at 8, to receive the line 6.

Connected to the plate 2 is a holding bar pulley 7.

9, the same being shown as riveted thereto, as at l0. This holding bai,` is recessed or cut away, as shoun at l1, to receive the housing hereinabove described, whilesecured to the ,outer extremity of said holding oar is eye 12, the same being connected to the e tremity of the holding bar by a swivel joint, as shown at 1.3, which enables the pulley/ to accommodate itself to any desired angle, after the eye l2 has been engaged with the hook or like holding device on a Wall, fence, lniilding, or other support. Y

Extending inward AI`roni and iXedly se cured to the central portion of the holding bar 9 is a pivot stud or shaft 14 which passes through a central hole 15 in the pulley, and extends sufficiently close to the op posite plate oi the housing to forml an etlicieut bearing for said pulley.

The plate l is connected to the rim 3, preferably at or near the bottom` thereof, by means oi a hinged joint, as shown at 16, which enables the housing to be opened at one side for the purpose of reeving the line through the holes 4; and 5, and around the Atter this is accomplished, the plate l may be closed and secured by means of a thumb screw 17 which passes through both of the side plates and is threaded into one of them, as shown in the cross sectional view.

That is claimed is:

l. A clothes line pulley, comprising a cylindricalhousing embodying two side plates, a rim extending bctweensaid lates and carried by oneplate and provi( ed with holes for the line, the other plate being hinged to the rim, a holding bar extending diametrically of the rim carrying plate, a shaft fastened to said bar and extending through .one plate to the other, a grooved pulley Wheel journaled on said shaft, and means for fastening the platestogether.

2. A clothes line pulley, comprising a cylindrical housing embodying two side plates,

a rim extending between said plates and carried by one plate and provided with holes for the line, the other plate being hinged to the rim, a holding bar extending diametrically ofthe rim carrying plate, a shaft`fastened to saidv bar andv extending throughy l In testimony whereof Iv ix my signature l one plate to the other, a grooved "pulley in 'prence of two witnesses.

wheel journaled on said shaft, means for WILLIAM HANCOX. fastening the plates together, and an attach- "i Witnesses :v y 5 ing eye having, a swiveled conneotion with? GEO; HORS'LMN,

the outer extremity of the holding bar. Jos. H. STEARNS, Jr. 

